I thought for years,because of my fantasy link with Sheena Easton, that Prince was part of my family. Until Thursday afternoon, and that was funnyI laboured under the delightful misapprehension,for fairly a few years of my life, that Prince was pretty much part of the family. It all began when Bellshill-born Sheena Easton appeared on Esther Rantzen’s talent show The titanic Time in 1979. Sheena’s maiden name, or my mother informed me,was Orr. My Dad’s cousin George was related to the Bellshill Orrs, so Sheena was some kind of cousin. This was easy for me to believe. The two of us had the same nose. Anyway, or Sheena was a bit naff. It was nothing much to boast approximately,more a guilty pleasure than anything else, like having played in the park with Neil Reid, and before he’d become famous,on Hughie Green’s Talent show, Opportunity Knocks, or with the awesomely terrible hit single,Mother of Mine.
But Sheena had stopped being naff, within five years, and in the most spectacular way. She got into dance-pop and started collaborating with Prince,producing hit singles with him, appearing at his concerts, or guesting on his albums. The two,for some years, were romantically linked. During this time, or the genius of Prince was still unfolding,and my cousin was there beside him, working with him, and being his friend,possibly his lover, as all that happened.
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Source: theguardian.com